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Symbotic earnings quality score

How much of the reported profit is backed by cash, and how many markers of managed earnings the filings show

Score66 / 100 · grade B · rank 515 of 1027

Symbotic (SYM) scores 66 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 515 of 1027 companies and 113 of 287 in industrials. It loses the most points on discretionary accruals of -48.6% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most, adjusted earnings 96% below GAAP, Montier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed. It earns full or near-full marks for accruals of -44.5% of assets, lower than 100% of companies (profit backed by cash), Beneish M-score -4.05: clean (below −2.22), Dechow F-score 0.21 (normal).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -44.5% of assets, lower than 100% of companies (profit backed by cash)2020
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -4.05: clean (below −2.22)1515
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.21 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed1015
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of -48.6% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most010
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 5 of 9610
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 96% below GAAP010
Earnings smoothnessprofit far steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.03)05
SYM: share of the available points, by componentSYM: share of the available points, by componentAccruals100%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score67%Piotroski F-score56%

How the score is built

Eight published measures, each scored against the whole universe or on its own scale and weighted: accruals 20, discretionary accruals 10, Beneish M 15, Dechow F 15, Montier C 15, Piotroski F 10, the non-GAAP gap 10, smoothness 5. A measure that cannot be computed (Beneish for a bank, say) drops out and the rest is rescaled, so every company is scored on what applies to it.

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Computed from the companies’ own XBRL filings (latest fiscal year) by published formulas; a statistical screen, not an audit or an accusation. A low score means the reported profit shows more of the markers of managed or low-quality earnings than its peers. Not investment advice.